Nashville politician Andy Ogles defends photo of him and his children brandishing guns

A Republican politician who represents a district in Nashville where six people were killed in a school shooting has defended a picture of him and his family holding assault rifles.

Posing for a Christmas photo, congressman Andy Ogles is seen with his wife, daughter and two sons in front of their tree and the only person not brandishing a firearm is his youngest child.

The picture has since been deleted from his Facebook account, but Mr Ogles told Sky News he doesn’t regret taking it.

“Why would I regret taking a family photo and exercising my constitutional rights?” he said.

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